In this Book
- Staging art and Chineseness: The politics of trans/nationalism and global expositions
- Book
- 2019
- Published by: Manchester University Press
summary
This book addresses the politics of borders in the era of global art by exploring the identification of Chinese artists by location and exhibition. Focusing on performative, body-oriented video works by the post-1989 generation, it tests the premise of genealogical inscription and the ways in which cultural objects are attributed to the artist’s residency, homeland or citizenship rather than cultural tradition, style or practice. Acknowledging historical definitions of Chineseness, including the orientalist assumptions of the past and the cultural-mixing of the present, the book’s case studies address the paradoxes and contradictions of representation. An analysis of the historical matrix of global expositions reveals the structural connections among art, culture, capital and nation.
Table of Contents
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- List of plates and figures
- pp. viii-xi
- Acknowledgements
- pp. xii-xiv
- The dialectical image of empire
- pp. 123-154
- Select bibliography
- pp. 196-203
Additional Information
ISBN
9781526139795
Related ISBN(s)
9781526139788
MARC Record
OCLC
1132216419
Pages
224
Launched on MUSE
2020-01-18
Language
English
Open Access
No